Burkina Faso, Millet, 2007

Burkina Faso's estimated postharvest losses for millet in 2007 was 100,522 tonnes or 10.4% which had an estimated value of more than 25 million US dollar, which corresponds to 1.5% of national agricultural GDP.

As for nutrition 365 billion kcal were lost, which is the equivalent of more than 442 thousand people, in terms of annual nutritional dietary energy requirements. In the value chain, the majority of the loss is estimated to be happening at Harvesting/field drying, Market storage, and then Transport from field. Highest estimated postharvest maize losses in tonnes were estimated to occur in Boucle du Mouhoun.

To view the list of studies used to estimate these losses, please see the References tab.

Production quantity and estimated postharvest losses

Production quantity (tonnes)
Estimated postharvest losses (tonnes)

2011–2021
2011	828734
2012	1078373
2013	1078570
2014	972539
2015	946184
2016	905072
2017	828234
2018	1189080
2019	970176
2020	957255

Produced	966,015 tonnes
Estimated postharvest losses	10.4% / 100,522 tonnes / > 25 million USD

Production quantity	Estimated postharvest losses
89.5942 Production quantity: 966,015 tonnes	10.4 Estimated PHL: 100,522 tonnes

See full postharvest losses data table with estimated losses in percentage › | tonnes › | USD ›

Value chain

Production quantity and estimated postharvest losses in % per value chain step. Please note that once loss has occurred at harvesting, the percentage loss in the next stage is a percentage of what remained, not of the original amount.

Estimated % of crop left
Estimated % of crop lost

	Amount remaining(%)	Estimated postharvest loss(%)
Production	100 Remaining: 100% Est. PHL: 0%	0 Remaining: 100% Est. PHL: 0%
Harvesting/field drying	96.5 Remaining: 96.5% Est. PHL: 3.5%	3.5 Remaining: 96.5% Est. PHL: 3.5%
Threshing and Shelling	94.5 Remaining: 94.5% Est. PHL: 2%	2 Remaining: 94.5% Est. PHL: 2%
Winnowing	92.97854 Remaining: 92.97854% Est. PHL: 1.52146%	1.52146 Remaining: 92.97854% Est. PHL: 1.52146%
Transport from field	90.47854 Remaining: 90.47854% Est. PHL: 2.5%	2.5 Remaining: 90.47854% Est. PHL: 2.5%
Household-level storage	89.93741 Remaining: 89.93741% Est. PHL: 0.54113%	0.54113 Remaining: 89.93741% Est. PHL: 0.54113%
Transport to market	88.93741 Remaining: 88.93741% Est. PHL: 1%	1 Remaining: 88.93741% Est. PHL: 1%
Market storage	86.28741 Remaining: 86.28741% Est. PHL: 2.65%	2.65 Remaining: 86.28741% Est. PHL: 2.65%

See full value chain data table with estimated losses in percentage › | tonnes › | USD ›

Nutrition

Number of people whose annual dietary requirements (in terms of energy, kcal) could have been met by consuming the millet that was lost postharvest, and what % of the focal group of the population this number equates to.

Total number

442,936

people, 2.2%

Children 1-3

1,016,695

children, 50.7%

Pregnant women 19-30

368,011

women, 194.7%

Men 31-50

325,792

men, 18.4%

See full nutritional impact data for Children 1–3 › | Pregnant women 19–30 › | Men 31–50 ›